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PAWA (Philippine American Writers and Artists)
in conjunction with Arkipelago Books
presents a book launch of
Growing Up Filipino II:
More Stories for Young Adults
Edited and Collected by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
Saturday, January 16, 2010
2:00 – 5:00 PM
Bayanihan Community Center, 1010 Mission St., San Francisco
BOOK DESCRIPTION: A welcome addition to Filipino American literature, Growing Up Filipino II: More Stories for Young Adults is the second volume of the Growing Up Filipino series by PALH. In this collection of 27 short stories, Filipino and Filipino American writers explore the universal challenges and experiences of Filipino teens after the historic events of 9/11. The modern demands do not hinder Filipino youth from dealing with the universal concerns of growing up: family, friends, love, home, budding sexuality, leaving home. The delightful stories are written by well known as well as emerging writers. While the target audience of this fine anthology is young adults, the stories can be enjoyed by adult readers as well.
CONTRIBUTORS: Dean Francis Alfar, Katrina Ramos Atienza, Maria Victoria Beltran, M.G. Bertulfo, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Amalia B. Bueno, Max Gutierrez, Leslieann Hobayan, Jaime An Lim, Paulino Lim Jr., Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor, Dolores de Manuel, Rashaan Alexis Meneses, Veronica Montes, Charlson Ong, Marily Ysip Orosa, Kannika Claudine D. Peña, Oscar Peñaranda, Edgar Poma, Tony Robles, Brian Ascalon Roley, Jonathan Jimena Siason, Aileen Suzara, Geronimo G. Tagatac, Marianne Villanueva
ISBN: 978-0-9719458-2-1
ISBN: 978-0-9719458-3-8
PUBLISHED BY:
PALH
P. O. Box 5099, Santa Monica, CA 90409
Tel/fax: 310-452-1195; email: palh@aol.com ; http://www.palhbooks.com
Cecilia Manguerra Brainard is the award-winning author and editor of over a dozen books, including the internationally-acclaimed novel, When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, Magdalena and Acapulco at Sunset and Other Stories. She edited Growing Up Filipino: Stories for Young Adults, Fiction by Filipinos in America, and Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and co-edited four other books. Cecilia also wrote Fundamentals of Creative Writing (2009) for classroom use. She teaches at UCLA-Extension’s Writers Program.
The following contributors will be present at the event:
Tony Robles is the author of two children’s books published by Children’s Book Press — Lakas and the Manilatown Fish (2003) and Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel (2006). He is also co-editor of POOR MagazIne (<http://www.poormagazine.org>). His most recent publication is Filipino Building Maintenance Company (Poor Press Publications, 2009).
Marianne Villanueva has published three collections of short fiction: Ginseng and Other Tales from Manila (Calyx Press) Mayor of the Roses (Miami University Press) and The Lost Language (published 2009 by Anvil Press of the Philippines). She has been shortlisted for the O. Henry Literature Prize and nominated for the Pushcart. Most recently, she was a finalist for the 2009 Annual Donald Barthelme Fiction Prize. Her recent work has been published in The Chattahoochee Review, Cafe Irreal, The Santa Fe Writers Project, Isotope and The White Whale Review.
Rashaan Alexis Meneses earned her MFA from Saint Mary’s College of California’s Creative Writing Program where she was awarded the Sor Juana Ines de La Cruz Scholarship for Excellence in Fiction and also served as editor for the online journal, MARY. She received her B.A. in English with a specialization in Fiction, Creative Writing from the University of California, Los Angeles. A 2005-2006 Jacob K. Javits Fellow, her recent publications include The University of North Carolina’s Pembroke Magazine. She was a finalist in the AROHO Gift of Freedom 2009. She teaches at Saint Mary’s College and Merritt College in the Bay Area, California.
(bio from: http://www.aroomofherownfoundation.org/GOF/Barbara_Johnson.php)
Veronica Montes was born in San Francisco and raised in Daly City. Her short fiction has appeared in the anthologies Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, Growing Up Filipino, and Going Home to a Landscape, as well as in the literary journals Prism International, Furious Fictions, maganda, and Bamboo Ridge. She has work forthcoming in the anthology
Philippine Speculative Fiction V.
For more information on the event contact:
PAWA, Inc. at pawa@pawainc.com
All readings are free and open to the public.
The Filipino American Center of the San Francisco Public Library, PAWA & Achiote Press
Community & Academic Writing Programs:
A Panel for Emerging Writers
December 6, 2009,
2 pm
San Francisco Public Library, Latino Room B (lower level), 100 Larkin at Grove
Free and Open to the public, refreshments will be provided
The California Bay Area houses a diverse array of writing programs, both community-based and academic. For this event, an exciting panel of writers will provide information to emerging writers of color who are thinking of applying to various writing programs and need some guidance. We believe it’s so valuable for writers of color who have gone through community based writing programs and MFA (Masters of Fine Arts) programs to share their knowledge and experiences with others. A question and answer session will follow.
Some questions that will be discussed: Why did you decide to attend a community based writing workshop and/or an MFA program? How did you decide on where to apply? Why did you attend the program you attended? What was the structure of your program? What were the positive and negative aspects of your program?
Panelists include:
Rashaan Alexis Meneses (St Mary’s, Fiction MFA)
Claire Light (San Francisco State University, Fiction MFA)
Vickie Vertiz (VONA, KSW IWL)
Craig Santos Perez (University of San Francisco, Poetry MFA)
Oscar Bermeo (VONA, KSW IWL, louderArts)
Vanessa Huang (VONA, KSW, Kundiman)
PAWA, Inc. presents
Field of Mirrors
a new anthology of
Philippine American Writers
edited by
Edwin A. Lozada
featuring
Past PAWA Events
PAWA Quarterly Meeting and December Gathering
Sunday December 13, 2009, 3pm
San Francisco, CA
PAWA Arkipelago Author Reading Series
12/06/2009:
PAWA and Achiote Press Emerging Writers Workshop and Panel.
2 pm @ SFPL.
11/14/2009: Kularts, Arkipelago, and PAWA present
Merlinda Bobis. 3 pm @ the Bayanihan Community Center.
Saturday, November 7, 2009, 2:00 pm
Justin Chin, Sarah Gambito, Marianne Villanueva
& music performed by Myrna del Río, Bo Razón
October 17, 2009
AM: Luis Francia Poetry Workshop
PM: Neelanjana Banerjee, Alejandro Murguía
Jean Vengua, Luis Francia
with guest musicians Bo Razon & Carlos Ziálcita
Also on 10/17/2009:
PAWA Arkipelago at Litquake! 8:30 pm @ Fabric8 Gallery, 3318 22nd. PAWA & Arkipelago Bookstore Present:
Of History & Myths — Writings from Philippine-American Authors.
Curator: Karen Llagas, Emcee: Anthem Salgado
Readers: Luis H. Francia, Aimee Suzara, Rona Fernandez,
Jenesha “Jinky” de Rivera, Eileen Tabios, Benito M. Vergara, Jr.
September 19, 2009
Theresa Calpotura (guitar), Joseph Legaspi ,
Mari L'Esperance, Oliver de la Paz
August 23, 2009
Penélope V. Flores, Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III,
Kevin L. Nadal, Benito M. Vergara, Jr.
July 11, 2009
Randall Mann, Kristin Naca, Debbie Yee, Mariano Zaro
pictures/video
December 6, 2008
AM: Workshop with Luisa Igloria & Karen Llagas
PM: Luisa Igloria, Barbara Jane Reyes, Karen Llagas, Joi Barrios
Alabado, Ceres S.C.
Amoroto, Patricia Isabel
Almiron, Jennifer
Barot, Rick
Bautista, James M. Constantino
Buell, Evangeline Canonizado
Cabalquinto, Luis
Carbó, Nick
Catenza, JP
Crescini, Maria Teresa Mendiola
De Jesus, Janice
de la Cruz, Rey E.
Dimapilis, Shirley B.
Dizon, Helen
Epistola, Ernesto V.
Escobar, Rey
Flor, Robert Francis
Flores, Penélope V.
Francia, Luis H.
Gaborro, Allen
Gamalinda, Eric
Gambito, Sarah
Gendrano, Victor P.
Gilles, Almira Astudillo
Gonzalez, Bienvenido C.
Grefalda, Remé A.
Gutierrez, Michele
Igloria, Luisa A.
Jacinto, Jaime
Javier, Paolo
Joaquin, Antonio K.
Jocson, Korina M.
Kenyon, Vanessa Verdadero
Layug, Susan T.
Lim, Lewanda
Llagas, Karen
Amoroto, Patricia Isabel
Almiron, Jennifer
Barot, Rick
Bautista, James M. Constantino
Buell, Evangeline Canonizado
Cabalquinto, Luis
Carbó, Nick
Catenza, JP
Crescini, Maria Teresa Mendiola
De Jesus, Janice
de la Cruz, Rey E.
Dimapilis, Shirley B.
Dizon, Helen
Epistola, Ernesto V.
Escobar, Rey
Flor, Robert Francis
Flores, Penélope V.
Francia, Luis H.
Gaborro, Allen
Gamalinda, Eric
Gambito, Sarah
Gendrano, Victor P.
Gilles, Almira Astudillo
Gonzalez, Bienvenido C.
Grefalda, Remé A.
Gutierrez, Michele
Igloria, Luisa A.
Jacinto, Jaime
Javier, Paolo
Joaquin, Antonio K.
Jocson, Korina M.
Kenyon, Vanessa Verdadero
Layug, Susan T.
Lim, Lewanda
Llagas, Karen
Lozada, Edwin A.
Macagba, Jennifer Mangantulao
Mayuga, Enriqueta Cartagena
Medalle, Melanie
Mendoza, Lora
Monce, Cora
Muñoz, J. Mark
Paman, Alex G.
Peñaranda, Oscar
Peñaranda, Rhodora V.
Peñones, H. Francisco V.
Pimentel, Benjamin
Pineda, Jon
Pizo, Elmer Omar
Edgar, Poma
Querrer, Cristina
Ramilo, Charity
Reyes, Barbara Jane
Roble, Maureen
Robles, Al
Robles, Tony
Romasanta, Gayle
Romero, Marie I.
Rosal, Patrick
Salgado, Anthem
Seneriches, Juliana
Stickmon, Janet C. Mendoza
Syquia, Luis Malay
Strobel, Leny Mendoza
Tabios, Eileen R.
Udo, Annabelle A.
Vajrabukka, Alberto
Valmidiano, Elsa
Vengua, Jean
Villanueva, Marianne
Macagba, Jennifer Mangantulao
Mayuga, Enriqueta Cartagena
Medalle, Melanie
Mendoza, Lora
Monce, Cora
Muñoz, J. Mark
Paman, Alex G.
Peñaranda, Oscar
Peñaranda, Rhodora V.
Peñones, H. Francisco V.
Pimentel, Benjamin
Pineda, Jon
Pizo, Elmer Omar
Edgar, Poma
Querrer, Cristina
Ramilo, Charity
Reyes, Barbara Jane
Roble, Maureen
Robles, Al
Robles, Tony
Romasanta, Gayle
Romero, Marie I.
Rosal, Patrick
Salgado, Anthem
Seneriches, Juliana
Stickmon, Janet C. Mendoza
Syquia, Luis Malay
Strobel, Leny Mendoza
Tabios, Eileen R.
Udo, Annabelle A.
Vajrabukka, Alberto
Valmidiano, Elsa
Vengua, Jean
Villanueva, Marianne
Our Own Voice
an e-zine dedicated to
the Filipino experience in the diaspora
through literature
http://www.ourownvoice.com
Field of Mirrors
ISBN: 9780976331636
[ 432 pages, 6 x 9, paperback with French flaps ]
Retail: $25.00
To purchase Field of Mirrors
click below:
Field of Mirrors page
You may also request a copy from
your Filipino American bookstore
or your local bookshop.
ISBN: 9780976331636
[ 432 pages, 6 x 9, paperback with French flaps ]
Retail: $25.00
To purchase Field of Mirrors
click below:
Field of Mirrors page
You may also request a copy from
your Filipino American bookstore
or your local bookshop.
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